This is the worst and best of times. The smoke of gunfire is everywhere, the flames of war are raging, and the iron-blooded sword cannot tolerate too much love between children. The paradoxical situation of the Republic of China is willing to build your and my world with blood and tears. Five women, a thorn in the dark, are willing to tear open the darkness before dawn for their faith and for these terrified sentient beings. Thorns pave the way, blood and snow, who is more beautiful than who? Who is colder than whom?